Nov. 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. At midnight a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the South Goodwins. A strong southerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. At 12.20 A.M. the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin Civil Service No. 2) was launched. She found the S.S. City of Melbourne, of Liverpool, of 6,600 tons, bound from Calcutta to London, stranded near the South Goodwins Buoy.

A tug was standing by. The life-boat was engaged to help to refloat the steamer, and a life-boatman was put on board her. At 7.15 A.M. she refloated and the life-boat piloted her to an anchorage in the Downs, returning to her station at 9.10 A.M. - Property salvage case..